The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-21

Wrlt0 eeml-etortun8 story OF tnc
makers Of compilations In New York
city, but for some unknown reason these
accounts are generally written by men,
and they seldom know very much on the
subject. OF course, there ore women
there, and plenty Of them, whose busi-
ness is making up the face" but they
are generally hair dressers a. we'll, and
30 thoroughly understand their work
that they are in reality artists. They
are not the people who advertise the
of the face-no, indeed; that
would make their work less valuable.
Instead they are known a. good hair
dressers to number Of women. Then one
day Madame or Mademoiselle Is looking
badly-the ooiteuse says: "If might
suggest Just touch Of pink-(she does
not can It rouge)-if you would only let
me fix your face little, It would not ap-
pear as If you had been up late last night
or were breaking down." At the plea of
having no materials, the shrewd worker
produces them from the bag in which
her curling tongs are kept, and heyl
presto nine times out of ten she is at
work in q few minutes, and with great
success.
With very deft fingers q preparation
as cool as possible is rubbed quickly over
the face. This is to give staying power to
whatever else is applied; then, with .
fine handkerchief, white powder as deli
cate and soft as possible Is literally used
all over the face, which means includ-
ing the forehead; the artist smooths
this down until the proper shade Is
achieved-the rouge comes next 70
preference being shown for that which
comes on tiny saucers), little under
each eye, on the chin and the lobes of
the ears, and then that is made the per-
feet tint. The eyebrows are darkened If
they are light with . crayon pencil the
patient one closes her eyelids and the
worker puts under each bit of white
paper; the lashes rest upon this, and SO in
due order they also are deepened in hue.
The effect is artistic-Madame does
look better, and Is 1t any wonder that
after this the c0iteus6 makes up Madame
very often and in many instances becomes
. necessity to herr As said before,
this woman is an artist-indeed, she told
me that she had regularly studied the
art of making up, taking lessons from
the man who gives them to the people
Of the stage. The work done for nom
professionals needs to be more delicately
considered, and I am assured that a
touch too much, especially with q crayon
pencil, will spoil all the effect and make
pronouncedly sham that which should
only be an intensifying of natures
charms.
As long as women have any discretion
about keeping themselves beautiful there
is every reason why they should do so, In
asmuch as the clever ones usually appre-
ciate the value Of charming personality.
There is an old woman who dimes at .
fashionable restaurant every night who
r in reality the skeleton at the feast to
every young beauty there. At least sew
snty years old, she wears blond wig,
is rouged, powdered and blackened until
she Is horror, while her gowns are
adapted to sixteen and her jewels suited
to presentation at court, so many are
they in number and SO fine in quality. I
have concluded after studying her for
year that she was once beauty and
took no care Of her great gift until it
began to go from her, and then did not
realize that the means reached no end
save that of making her Q ridiculous old
fright. Poor soul If she can see herself
in the mirror what commentary ON
"vanity" she must think herself! But Of
course she does not.
Men say women are getting better
looking, and as horsey man put it, "the
fllies are good breed-that shows in
their walk-while as for the two.year-
olds they're the best stock in the country,
high steppers and with skins like satin"
This praise of the young buds and those
Of two seasons has leaven Of truth In It !;
and this same man told me that one rea-
son why women were better looking was
because they understood the divine art
Of eating better. He reminded me of Q
time when . w0man's luncheon at Del
monico's consisted of chicken, ice-cream
and tea-all good things, but not all
adapted 10 increase the beauty of form,
brightness Of the eyes, or to sharpen the
wit. Now, . woman has her views about
entrees, she realizes the proper value Of
high game, and she knows glass of
Burgundy or some cup will give her an
appetite, add to her strength and not go
to her head. Brillat-Savarin, the au-
thority on dinners, and what he called
"the divine art Of living" insisted that
very much more than men should women
have rich food; and then he believed not
only would they be more beautiful, but,
because of their wisdom, the next gen.
Grafton would thank them. Evidently
the New York woman agrees with him.
By the bye, q latter-day Tad Is the taking
Of bath in which "Vfrginia milk" is :
special part. 1t is really luxury, and
as the milk Is not expensive and can
easily be made at home, am going to
tell how 1t is done: To q quart of rose
water add, drop by drop, stirring all the
while, an ounce of simple tincture Of
benzoip. The result is Q sweet smelling
emulsion which looks like milk. As
much as will be required to color warm
bath IL used and the skin feels delicious
after this treatment of 1t. By the bye, be
sure and get simple tincture Of BEN
zoin," for the compound has some In.
gradients in It that are not good for the
skin. Some time ago wrote this out
and young woman copied 1t, but when
she gave It, In print, 10 her readers, she
said ''rose water and benxine." Imagine
i'll II any followed her advice they
must have been strongly suggestive Of
1lovAa that havA haan an 'thnrnn yh1v I'm.